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"It was the neighborhood spook house, vacant and neglected for almost a year. We got it at a closeout price. But it was no bargain." Scott and Kathy Ryan don't have much choice. A third child has made their small city apartment burst its seams, and Scott's market-research job pays barely enough to cover the earnest money on this old ruin of a house in an about-to-be gentrified neighborhood. Moving in, they set to work with an energy born of desperation. But it isn't long before Scott grows uneasy. The renovation seems to be taking forever, and his neighbors are acting decidedly odd. Meanwhile, at Scott's job, office colleagues are disappearing at an alarming rate as the recently merged conglomerate moves to consolidate with ruthless abandon. No one is safe. Newly spackled walls that fissure, freshly applied paint that blisters; household objects gone missing, then mysteriously reappearing in slightly altered condition at a neighbor's periodic yard sales; vigilante patrols poking into private places at all hours of the night; and a band of squirrels, oversexed and malignant, aggressively staking claim to more and more of the Scott Ryan finds himself battling a buckling, crumbling un

Author

Blades, John

Publisher

Henry Holt & Co

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805017892

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.5 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14